ዝበድ

Tigre

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُبَد‎ (zubad) and زُبْدَة‎ (zubda).

Noun

ዝበድ • (zəbäd) (collective, singulative ዝብደት (zəbdät), plural of variety አዝባዳት (ʾäzbadat))

  1. butter, fresh butter

References
  • Kogan, Leonid; Bulakh, Maria (2011-03-08), “Arabic influences on Tigre: A preliminary evaluation”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 74, issue 1, →DOI, page 17
  • Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ዝበድ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 499b
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